Beneficial mutations and the dynamics of adaptation in asexual populations

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1544, 2010, Pages 1255-1263

  Sniegowski, Paul D ^a   Gerrish, Philip J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Asexual populations; Beneficial mutations; Clonal interference; Multiple mutations; Periodic selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLONAL GROWTH; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MUTATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION;

EID: 77951593683     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0290     Document Type: Review

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